Thank you Marion for the wonderful birthday gift!! I just adore the yarn and the crocheted flower pins. The sock knitting magazine has the most awesome sock patterns in it and I can't wait to get started on the first pair!

After the race once we all met up again. It was wonderful experience and I would definitely like to do it again.
Nach dem Rennen haben wir uns alle wieder getroffen. Es war ein super Gefuehl mitgemacht zu haben, und ich will es auf jeden Fall wieder machen.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

It kind of hit me the other day that Christmas is only 3 month away! Yikes... I had decided to knit socks for a few people and thought I'd better get started on them before I run out of time.

Since I finished the Lavinia dress (if you want to see pictures, go here.) I got started on the first pair of socks Monday evening. The pattern is really easy and I should have this pair done fairly quick.

I'm not really reading as much right now, but I'm sure that will change once I have surgery and won't be able to knit for at least a week.

Monday, September 17, 2012

I finished the dress two days ago and washed and blocked it. Even before that, I had the sneaking suspicion that the dress would be too big. Which didn't keep me from continuing to knit it, I know...

Anyway, once the dress was dry, I tried it on and it was a bit "sack like". Since I'd been worrying about that for a while, I had a plan - I was going to alter the dress! At first I thought I must have lost my mind, altering (as in CUTTING UP) my hand knitted dress. I did some research though (thank you www!) and decided to go for it.

Saturday, September 15, 2012

It's that time of the year again... Every September (the third Saturday to be exact) is the annual Trail of Tears motorcycle ride. This year was the fourth time that Greg and I participated, and as in the years past it was a great way to spend the day together. The weather was perfect, the ride fun and I couldn't have asked for a better "date". :-)

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

The race is on... The lavinia dress is getting close to being finished and my goal is to be done with it way before September 27th. Why? That's the day I'm going in for "trigger finger release" surgery and I really want the dress to be finished by then. Shouldn't be a problem though, I only have 10 rows of pattern and 20 rows of the ruffle left to knit.

A few weeks back I picked up "The Hobbit" at a thrift store and started reading it about a week ago. I do like the book, but like all Tolkien books, I really have to be in the mood to read it.

Funny side note about the book: I bought it at a (really don't remember which one) thrift store for 50 cents. Once I started reading it, I realized whoever read it before me had bent down the corners as bookmarks. There were quite a few bent down corners, so I got to "unbend" them. Guess what I found then? There were $40 stashed in between the pages of the book!! So not only did I get the book for free, it made me $ 39.50. :-)

Sunday, September 9, 2012

There are not that many tomato plants in the garden anymore, but luckily there are still plenty of tomatoes on them.

Yesterday I went out and picked a whole bunch and besides turning some into a tomato salad, I roasted a cookie sheet full of them. It's quite simple. I half or quarter the tomatoes, add a bit of olive oil, salt and pepper and toss a few garlic cloves, fresh rosemary and thyme on there. Roast at 400 for about 25 minutes.

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Hannah got started on a project for her room. She discovered pinterest (I think we're in trouble ;-) ) and found something she wanted to make. I'll show more pictures when it's done - not supposed to talk about it yet...

When my friend and I went walking yesterday morning (about 7 miles), I found a bunch of flowers growing on the side of the road. Once we got done, I went back and got a few - don't they look pretty?
Als meine Freundin und ich gestern frueh laufen waren (ca. 7 Meilen) sah ich diese Blumen am Strassenrand. Sind sie nicht huebsch?

Thanks to Isaac we had some major rain in the forecast and I was worried all the tomatoes would split on the vines. Here are a bunch in all manner of "ripeness" that I picked on Saturday.
Dank des Hurricans Isaac hatten uns die Wetterfroesche viel Regen uebers Wochenende versprochen. Da ich nicht wollte, dass mir die Tomaten alle aufplatzen habe ich die meisten einfach geernted.

About Me

I'm 46 years old and have been married to my hubby for 26 years. We have two wonderful girls, ages 16 and 18. I started this blog to stay in touch with our family and friends in Germany and here in the US. It's a little glimpse into our daily lives...